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用水

用水

Chinese

		to use	water; river
simp. and trad. (用水)		用	水

Verb

用水

to use water for a specific purpose

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	水
よう Grade: 2	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

用水 ‎(hiragana ようすい, romaji yōsui)

city water; water provided for drinking, irrigation, firefighting, and other purposes

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yòngshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yung-súi
Min Nan (POJ): iōng-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yòngshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: iung sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ sui³
  - IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ sui³
  - IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: iōng-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/